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Subject: Re: the GIF that crashes XEmacs
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>>>>> "KJ" == Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:

    KJ> Send mail to battlemech@wonderworks.com and it will reply with
    KJ> a message containing Amir's GIF that seems to kill off XEmacs
    KJ> 19.15-b98 running VM, built with

    KJ> SunOS 4.1.4, MIT X11R5, gcc 2.7.2.

    KJ> ftp://ftp.uu.net/private/kyle/battlemech.gif

Could be a SunOS problem.  Works for me in b97 on Solaris 2.5, gcc
2.7.2.2.  Your URL even works in Grail and Tk's GIF handling code is
notoriously fragile.

-Barry

